After a TV stint on ABC Family's acclaimed, but now canceled, Bunheads, the actress is set to return to her launching pad, the musical stage. Foster will star in the Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of Violet, featuring music by Jeanine Tesori -- currently represented in the off-Broadway hit Fun Home -- and a book and lyrics by Brian Crawley.

The show, which casts her as a woman who dreams of acquiring beauty after being facially disfigured in a childhood accident, is a based on a New York City Center Encores! Off-Center concert production. It is scheduled to begin previews March 28 and open April 20 at the American Airlines Theatre.

Foster last appeared on Broadway in a 2011 revival of Anything Goes, for which she earned her second Tony. Her first, in 2002, was for Thoroughly Modern Millie.